Question

I’ve gone through a few days of pain using RestKit to map some JSON. Being new to Core Data I made the assumption that once RestKit had mapped the data to my RestKit created DB, i.e.

objectManager.objectStore = [RKManagedObjectStore objectStoreWithStoreFilename:@"EFrontCD.sqlite"];

I could leave the RestKit world. I then attempted to load my data into a UITableViewController implementing the RKManagedObjectStore protocol and doing the usual stuff, but I get the error

UIManagedDocument can only read documents that are file packages 

2 questions:

1. Do I now have to do everything via RKManagedObjectStore?
2. Can I get RestKit to use an existing Core Data package instead rather than creating a .sqlite file as above?

Thanks,
Ben

Answer 1

Answering the first part of my question, this is what I was looking for:

RKObjectManager *objectManager = [RKObjectManager sharedManager];
objectManager.objectStore.managedObjectContextForCurrentThread

Once you have access to the MOC RestKit has created for you, then everything appears to be the same – I can do the usual Core Data stuff.

I’m still not clear about the second question, but would certainly like to know if this is possible.